Employee Wellness
Stay Positive at Work With These Unexpected Tips
Sometimes it’s hard to show up for work with a smile, even when you’re working from the couch. But it’s important to stay positive as often as possible, because your attitude can impact every person you interact with that day. How can you lift up someone’s day with a happy, inviting face? Try these ways […]
Beat Burnout Before Going Up In Flames
Especially since our living rooms became our offices, everyone wants to think they’re work-life balance superheroes, able to rock 12-hour work days, Allie’s soccer games, Ben’s parkour classes, and Tuesday archery lessons. But then the burnout strikes, and we realize we don’t have superpowers; we are tired, mentally and physically. Even would-be superheroes burn out […]
Bad Workweek Survival Guide
Are you having a week you just wish would end? Whether it’s a looming deadline, some not-so-great feedback, or another clash with that coworker, we all have weeks that leave us crawling for the finish line. But take heart! Your bad workweek will end, and this guide can help you ride it out.
Create a Culture Where Sick Employees Stay Home
You’ve read those scary news reports about a new coronavirus arriving in the United States from China. Even scarier is how mild coronavirus can be difficult to detect because it closely mirrors influenza. But while coronavirus might never become pandemic in the US, we can certainly count on our annual outbreak of seasonal flu.
Warning signs of a disengaging employee
It’s powerful, and it can sweep through the office like wildfire: employee disengagement! (This simply means, an employee who is dissatisfied with work and not performing at their best.) What could be causing this dissatisfaction? It could be, “It’s not you, it’s me”: your employee is suffering from personal problems, burnout, or lack of fulfillment. […]
How Is That Open Office Space Working for You?
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Open office layouts have been trending for a while now—nearly 70 percent of offices have some type of open floor plan, with areas of partitionless, collaborative seating, or areas of low partitions. Some companies have done away with assigned seating altogether. But the question remains: How effective is an open office layout?
How to Make It Through a Tough Week at Work
Has worked seemed tougher than usual lately? With the heat of summer bearing down on us, and many of us juggling the kids’ back-to-school routine, you may have felt a bit more rundown, negative, or even despairing on the job. And you know it’s not that you hate your work or that there’s something wrong […]
When Mondays Become as Exciting as Fridays
We get it—most people have places they would rather be than at work. So it’s not unusual for employees to be super excited about Fridays and less excited about Mondays. (There’s a reason Monday is the most popular day to call out sick.) But if employees are sprinting out the door on Friday with sighs […]
How to Extinguish Burnout Before Going Up In Flames
When it comes to work-life balance, everyone wants to think they’re a Superman or Superwoman, able to rock 12-hour work days, Sally’s dance recitals, Billy’s baseball games, and Tuesday Zumba classes. But then it hits, and we realize we don’t have superpowers, and boy, are we tired—mentally and physically. Even would-be superheroes burn out when […]
What You Can (Legally) Do When an Employee Calls Out Sick
Is the office looking a little emptier this flu season? We hope that’s because you listened to our advice for getting sick employees to stay home, but there is no denying that flu cases are on the rise across the nation. If you’re the boss, you may find yourself managing a skeleton crew of healthy […]
Scary Flu Season: Why Your Sick Employees Are Still Coming to Work
This year’s flu is scary. Officials at the CDC are calling it a “severe year,” and with flu activity still increasing across most of the nation, the worst is yet to come. Workers everywhere cringe to hear a cough or sniffle echo through the office. Why would a sick person come to work during a […]
Quick and Easy Ways to Promote Employee Wellness
Workplace stress costs employers $300 billion each year on health care and missed work days.
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The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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